SANTA CLARA, CA -- Agilent Technologies will split into two publicly traded companies, one focus on life sciences, diagnostics and applied markets and the other on electronic measurement products. The breakup is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2014.

ATLANTA -- With five days to go before the start of the technical conference, registration for PCB West is up 23% over last year, conference organizers announced today. Advance registration for the trade show exhibits is also up more than 15%, UP Media Group said.

NAPERVILLE, IL -- OnCore Manufacturing has opened an engineering design center in the Chicago suburbs. The electronics manufacturing services provider's new facility in Naperville comes in response to expanding customer interest in deeper engineering partnerships, OnCore said.

DES PLAINES, IL – PCB Libraries' latest version of its component land pattern software now supports Fabstream’s SoloPCB CAD tool.